Storage battery



A. BUGBEE.

STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION 'man APR.21.1920.

l'@ 4 atented June 21, 1921.

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STORAGE BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED APR.21. 1920.

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STORAGE BATTERYe APPLlcAloN FILED APR.21.1920,

ff //////l STRAG'E Application tiled .April 21, 1920.

To @ZZ whom may concern:

Be it known that L ALVIN Boonen, e citizen of United fitetes7 'snel resident ot the city ot Trenton, county et Mercer, snol State of New Jersey, have invented certain new enel useiul improvements in Storage Batteries, ot which the i'ollowing is e specii cation. Y

My invention relates to secondary battery containers end has particular reference to one-piece containers for automobile starting and lighting batteries in which severei storege cells ore combined endl used es :t butn ter s is well known in tbe art the automobile storting and lighting battery is e storege battery consisting ot e"usuel minimum of three cells and e usual maximum of six cells. lt llas been customary to assemble these cells es seperate units each in its own bord rubber conteiner, the whole placed in n, wooden troy or boit which is specially treated and .prepererl to resist the action ot' the 'liquid used in the battery. This liquid, lrnown as sulfuric scifi, etteclrs vwoools enrl metals but because ot the brittleness of loerfl rubber and glass, the two commercial substances which are commonly used es containd ers tor sulfuric eciol, some outsicle casing must be used to protect these fragile subn stances from the extremely rough bandline they receive in automobile use. As stetet wooden cese properly treated. is used tor Qrctectiona 'tbe coating resisting tbe action ot sulturic ecicl more or less.

My invention has tor its object tbe provision ot o storage battery container ot acid. resisting nieteriel'suiciently strong and ruggeel to withstand the rough handling anti. weer ot automobile use and which therefore reouires no outsicle protecting troy or bon.

Another object or my invention is to provide e torni ot container which may be readily enel. cl'ieepl rnenutecturecl end in which ytbe recepteces tor es runny oeils olesired be provided in e1 singin unit further object ot iny invention is to provide e :torni otconteiner by tbe luse oit welt irnown materiels es to ineke possible e buttery container unit lieving 'int m tberewitli proper lugs, spaces, nests9 grooves end. ciunonels9 giving e one#piece9 complete device by e minimum ot lienciling in tire rnenui'ecture thereof.

@ther obiects will be apparent es tue de. scription Specioetion ct Letters eten't.

n n or the material of rny container l nitrite' use oi e liercl porcelain which may be properly vitriieci und glazed es desired.

invention resides in tbe construction enel arrangement or ports und the choice et' materiels described in this sneciiicetion, illustratori inA the drawings hereto oonencleii, porticuio ly pointed out in tiieQvclo-irns nereunto annexed.

in the drawingsn Figure l iliustrotes e cross section ot one rorin or conteiner inode according to roy in- Ventron, sboHV seperate oeils; y

Fig, 2 is e part pien View of the container shown in Fig, l, y

lT 3 illustrates e, sitio view, partly in section, of another torno. ot container;

l@ 1g. l 1s e pien view, nertly in section of the container shown in liig; 3;

tig., o issn enel view, 'nnerftiy in section, of the container shown in Fig. 3; e

1 Figs.s S wenel Y ere ele-teils ot the battery snown in big. 3.,

Turning to Fig. la my invention yprovides e container 'l having integral seperatine' wells EZ, giving tbe cbemloers', si, 5 for threce separate sets otpletes. es siiown et ti. Re cesses or grooves 'i' ere i'rorineoi in the wells, tlie inbetween portions es spacers tor the pistes The bottom ot the recesses 9 torni resting; pieces Jfor tbe pistes 'tiius AJholding tbe pistes clear ot the bottom of the conteiner enel ieeving; space to liolcl the pistes clear oit tiny dropping sediment; The curve ot the b 'torn *it serves to ft'orm e strengthening fillet for tbe container.,

At the s'icle ot tbe container are the lugs ll (Figs. 3 enel ll) molded integral therewith und serving' vclon''ole purpose cil lien tiles end "fastening lugs..

@over To? ere ot similsr porcelain u ere belcl in position by reason tbe connection encl tei-minets l5. o pistes ipertoretefi (Figfx tbe reel?. into which tbe 'n i con 113 the vent holes li be sbown novice shown in 3l), e end 5., .present f pistes in tbe moet cornrnon ,n ot i ettery enti i9 the spacers`J in the nt instonce; tl

ne letter being,l supported susjiension-ber 2O passing through n n in tbe upper portion o euch e seine figures (3, it, endo), integreliv with the bottom f! crrorotio the seperate receptacles tor.

of thel container are used to hold the plates 18l above the sediment at the bottom of the ce l.

I do not claim to have invented the particular hard porcelain used in my device but l do clainiy to have discovered the great advantages to be obtained' from casting such containers in one piece fromthe class of porcelain known in the trade as hard porcelain and usually composed of kaolin, feldspar, chalk, silicious sand, plastic clay and powder of broken porcelain.

What l desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A stora e battery container formed of an integral plece of hard porcelain andcontaining a plurality of storage cell chambers.

ALVIN BUGBEE. 

